eco

¹

[ ek-oh, ee-koh ]

adjective

1. ecological or environmental.
2. not harmful to the environment:

   an eco resort with no air conditioning.

noun

1. ecology.

Eco

²

[ ek-oh; Italian e-kaw ]

noun

1. Umberto, 1932–2016, Italian novelist and philosopher.

eco-

³

1. a combining form representing ecology in the formation of compounds ( ecosystem; ecotype ); also with the more general sense “environment,” “nature,” “natural habitat” ( ecocide; ecolaw; ecopolitics ).

Eco

¹

/ ˈɛkəʊ /

noun

1. EcoUmberto1932MItalianWRITING: novelist Umberto. born 1932, Italian semiologist and writer. His novels include The Name of the Rose (1981) and Foucault's Pendulum (1988)

eco-

²

combining_form

1. denoting ecology or ecological

   ecocide

   ecosphere

eco

³

/ ˈiːkəʊ /

noun

1. 1. short for ecology
   2. ( as modifier )

      an eco group

Word History and Origins

Origin of eco¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

From The Daily Beast

The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.

From The Daily Beast

What would have happened had Abe Lincoln lived to have been an eco-activist?

From The Daily Beast

And “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.

From The Daily Beast

This has led to a burgeoning industry of small businesses, founded and run by women specializing in eco-friendly hygiene products.

From The Daily Beast

Aren, or aen, eco-aco-co are case terminations; tcea-cea marks the verbal noun.

From Project Gutenberg

Someone had gutted an eco-mobile to power the night's entertainment.

From Project Gutenberg

In this novel, Umberto Eco deals, in a light vein, with the occult considered as the true science.

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In other words, use eco only when you wish to accentuate the abstractness, the "nessness" of the idea.

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